crime thriller
Suspenseful detective story
A crime thriller is a genre of fiction—novels, films, or television—centered on criminal activity with emphasis on suspense and tension rather than the detective's investigation.
Where mysteries focus on solving a puzzle, crime thrillers emphasize danger, pursuit, and high stakes: The crime thriller kept me up all night.
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- plot twistsUnexpected narrative developments
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- cat and mouseProlonged pursuit game
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
cliffhanger endings · investigation · smoking gun · hardboiled · dirty cop · criminal mastermind · deception · corruption · moral ambiguity · double cross · heist · getaway car · betrayal · noir · unreliable narrator · red herring · vigilante · cold case
- crime fictiondetective fiction, murder mystery, detective novels, detective novel, detective
- dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
- crime filmsheist film, film noir, murder mystery, mystery film, police procedural
- thrillerssuspense, nail-biter, page-turner, cliffhanger, plot twist
- hybrid genresjazz fusion, rock opera, blues rock, folk rock, country rock
- Korean CinemaOldboy, Train to Busan, Burning, Mother, The Host
crime thrillercozy mystery
Low-violence amateur sleuth genre
light comedy · romantic comedy · slice-of-life · romance novel · beach read
crime thrillerdomestic comedy
Humor about household life
romance · poetry collection · travelogue · nature writing · coming-of-age story
crime thrillerliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
experimental fiction · postmodern literature · character study · prose poetry · postmodern fiction